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- Concentrate - v. t. - To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.
- Concentrate - v. t. - To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.
- Concentrate - v. i. - To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.
- Concentrated - imp. & p. p. - of Concentrate
- Condenser - n. - A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object.
- Blowpipe - n. - A tube for directing a jet of air into a fire or into the flame of a lamp or candle, so as to concentrate the heat on some object.
- Condense - v. t. - To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.
- Concentrate - v. t. - To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.
- Scorifier - n. - One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button.
- Concentrate - v. t. - To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.
- Concentrate - v. i. - To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.